Big Red Fire Engine by Rose Greydanus (Troll Books)
Fire Engines (Little Golden Books)
Fire Engine to the Rescue by Cathy Dubowski
Big Fire Trucks by Joanne Barkan
Curious George at the Fire Station by Margret & H.A. Rey
Dinofours It's Fire Drill Day
What's It Like to be a Forest Ranger byMicheal Pellowski
Then discuss with students how when fire is not handled carefully it can easily get out of control. It can damage property and hurt people and animals. Ask students what they know about fire safety and list these answers on chart paper. At the end of the lesson you can compare what the students knew and what they learned.
*Fire Safety Rules-Create a fire safety bulletin board. Divide the class into two groups Assign one group the "DO's" of fire safety and one group the "Don'ts." Students will write fire safety tips on flame shaped paper copied on yellow and red construction paper.. Examples:
DO check have a family meeting place in case of a fire.
DON'T play with matches.
Fire safety checklist- Students with help from their parents will complete a fire safety check list and return it to school.After they turn in their checklist they will receive a fire chief badge.
How to create badged: cut out a badge shape. Sponge paint one side using silver tempera paint. After badge dries using a permanent marker ,print "Fire Chief" and child's name. Use a piece of masking tape to stick each child's badge on.
The students made this cute dalmation dog. by folding the corner of a square.